The Legislatures
• Structure in which policy issues are discussed, assessed, and enacted.
• The role of the legislature within a state can very by issue and by the personalies of those involved.
• Enactment of legislaon >> dra, modify, and rafy public policy in the form of legislaon
- as a constuonal provision that a majority vote of the members of the legislature is required to authoirise the passage of the laws
- a power to enact laws that raise revenue and authority its expenditure on public policy